LMPD detective demoted after helping inmate pursue appeal

Chief denies actions are linked to efforts in Susan King's case

11:53 PM,
Oct. 9, 2012

Susan King, right, sits with a representative of the legal team from the Kentucky Innocence Project in Frankfort during court proceedings earlier this year. King is serving time for the slaying of her former boyfriend.

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A circuit judge commended former Louisville Metro Police Detective Barron Morgan for acting "with integrity and in the interests of justice" by swiftly informing the Kentucky Innocence Project that a man had confessed to a murder for which one of its clients was serving 10 years in prison.

But internal emails show that Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad and other commanders were anything but pleased last May when they found out what Morgan had done.

Although Morgan was not disciplined, his attorney says he intends to file a whistle-blower lawsuit against the department this week ...